Nobuko Yoshiya | |
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 Nobuko Yoshiya | |
| Born | 12 January 1896 Niigata, Empire of Japan |
| Died | 11 July 1973 (aged 77)[1] Kamakura, Japan |
| Occupation | Novelist |
Nobuko Yoshiya (吉屋 信子, Yoshiya Nobuko, 12 January 1896 – 11 July 1973) was a Japanese novelist active in Taishō and Shōwa period Japan. She was one of modern Japan's most commercially successful and prolific writers, specializing in serialized romance novels and adolescent girls' fiction, as well as being a pioneer in Japanese lesbian literature, including the Class S genre. Several of her stories have been made into films.
- ^ Kumiko Fujimura-Fanselow (1 April 2011). Transforming Japan: How Feminism and Diversity Are Making a Difference. Feminist Press at CUNY. pp. 105–13. ISBN 978-1-55861-699-8. Retrieved 28 December 2012.